Luke 15:18

15:18 I will get up and go to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

sn In the confession “I have sinned” there is a recognition of wrong that pictures the penitent coming home and “being found.”

sn The phrase against heaven is a circumlocution for God.

tn According to BDAG 342 s.v. ἐνωπιον 4.a, “in relation to ἁμαρτάνειν ἐ. τινος sin against someone Lk 15:18, 21 (cf. Jdth 5:17; 1 Km 7:6; 20:1).”